GNG News Guy
05-27-2008, 07:02 PM
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Sprint EVDO wireless broadband used to have a competitive edge over Verizon Wireless, because Sprint offered unlimited data consumption. Last week Sprint lost a lot of good will when it was revealed they'd be mirroring Verizon and employing a 5GB monthly cap (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/94576). Sprint is apparently soothing angry customers by telling them that if they consume more than 5GB worth of data per month, they're a statistical freak. Says the company to BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/Sprint_says_5_GB_per_month_should_be_enough_for_mo st/1211916952):"The vast majority of our current users (about 99.5%) shouldn't be affected. Whether it's the 300 MB roaming limit or the 5 GB limit on total data usage, that's enough data to meet the regular monthly usage habits of almost all of our customers."
More details of the cap are also coming to light. Sprint will check your EVDO consumption every three months, says the company, and only customers who exceed the limit in two out of three consecutive months face account termination. Sprint says they'll be offering users a usage meter starting June 9 -- allowing you insatiable bandwidth vacuums the ability to track your gluttonous ways without running afoul of the Sprint bandwidth gestapo.
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Sprint EVDO wireless broadband used to have a competitive edge over Verizon Wireless, because Sprint offered unlimited data consumption. Last week Sprint lost a lot of good will when it was revealed they'd be mirroring Verizon and employing a 5GB monthly cap (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/94576). Sprint is apparently soothing angry customers by telling them that if they consume more than 5GB worth of data per month, they're a statistical freak. Says the company to BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/Sprint_says_5_GB_per_month_should_be_enough_for_mo st/1211916952):"The vast majority of our current users (about 99.5%) shouldn't be affected. Whether it's the 300 MB roaming limit or the 5 GB limit on total data usage, that's enough data to meet the regular monthly usage habits of almost all of our customers."
More details of the cap are also coming to light. Sprint will check your EVDO consumption every three months, says the company, and only customers who exceed the limit in two out of three consecutive months face account termination. Sprint says they'll be offering users a usage meter starting June 9 -- allowing you insatiable bandwidth vacuums the ability to track your gluttonous ways without running afoul of the Sprint bandwidth gestapo.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sprint-Defends-New-5GB-EVDO-Cap-94771)